Preface. ......................................................................................................................ix
Editors. .....................................................................................................................xv
Contributors. ........................................................................................................ xvii
1 Biosynthesis of Bacterial Cellulose............................................................. 1
Inder M. Saxena and R. Malcolm Brown, Jr.
2 Effect of Cultivation Conditions on the Structure and
Morphological Properties of BNC Biomaterials with a Focus on
Vascular Grafts.............................................................................................. 19
Paul Gatenholm, Kim Höglund, Sara Johannesson, Maja Puchades,
Christian Brackmann, Annika Enejder, and Lisbeth Olsson
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3 Large-Scale Production of BNC:.State and Challenges.........................43
Dana Kralisch and Nadine Hessler
4 Tough Bacterial Nanocellulose Hydrogels Based on the
Double-Network Technique. ....................................................................... 73
Anamul Haque, Takayuki Kurokawa, and Jian Ping Gong
5 Bacterial Cellulose Surface Modifications............................................... 91
João P. Silva, Fábia K. Andrade, and Francisco Miguel Gama
6 Nematic Ordered Cellulose Templates................................................... 113
Tetsuo Kondo
7 Applications and Products—Nata de Coco............................................ 143
Muenduen Phisalaphong and Nadda Chiaoprakobkij
8 Wound Dressings and Cosmetic Materials from
Bacterial Nanocellulose. ............................................................................. 157
Stanislaw Bielecki, Halina Kalinowska, Alina Krystynowicz, Katarzyna
Kubiak, Marek Kołodziejczyk, and Manu de Groeve
9 Bacterial Nanocellulose Hydrogels Designed as
Bioartificial Medical Implants.................................................................. 175
Dieter Klemm, Hannes Ahrem, Friederike Kramer, Wolfgang Fried,
Jens Wippermann, and Raimund W. Kinne
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Contents
vii
Editors. .....................................................................................................................xv
Contributors. ........................................................................................................ xvii
1 Biosynthesis of Bacterial Cellulose............................................................. 1
Inder M. Saxena and R. Malcolm Brown, Jr.
2 Effect of Cultivation Conditions on the Structure and
Morphological Properties of BNC Biomaterials with a Focus on
Vascular Grafts.............................................................................................. 19
Paul Gatenholm, Kim Höglund, Sara Johannesson, Maja Puchades,
Christian Brackmann, Annika Enejder, and Lisbeth Olsson
�
3 Large-Scale Production of BNC:.State and Challenges.........................43
Dana Kralisch and Nadine Hessler
4 Tough Bacterial Nanocellulose Hydrogels Based on the
Double-Network Technique. ....................................................................... 73
Anamul Haque, Takayuki Kurokawa, and Jian Ping Gong
5 Bacterial Cellulose Surface Modifications............................................... 91
João P. Silva, Fábia K. Andrade, and Francisco Miguel Gama
6 Nematic Ordered Cellulose Templates................................................... 113
Tetsuo Kondo
7 Applications and Products—Nata de Coco............................................ 143
Muenduen Phisalaphong and Nadda Chiaoprakobkij
8 Wound Dressings and Cosmetic Materials from
Bacterial Nanocellulose. ............................................................................. 157
Stanislaw Bielecki, Halina Kalinowska, Alina Krystynowicz, Katarzyna
Kubiak, Marek Kołodziejczyk, and Manu de Groeve
9 Bacterial Nanocellulose Hydrogels Designed as
Bioartificial Medical Implants.................................................................. 175
Dieter Klemm, Hannes Ahrem, Friederike Kramer, Wolfgang Fried,
Jens Wippermann, and Raimund W. Kinne
�
Contents
vii